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  • New #dnd / #rpg post from Occultronics:

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    New #dnd / #rpg post from Occultronics:Thoughts on Daggerhearthttps://occultronics.blogspot.com/2026/02/thoughts-on-daggerheart.html
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    Chris TrottierA
    My wife’s face when I said, “Hey, didn’t Goku die?”
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    Chris TrottierA
    @AndyHat Well, that’s news to me!
  • Time for me to be mad.

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    NullN
    And a reminder; I told them that getting this cat was a bad idea in the first place. ​​
  • QuickTime implies the existence of SlowSpace

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    Cactuar JoeC
    @brooke Also Stationary Width and Lightspeed Depth. Which I think is a brand of underpants.
  • New #dnd / #rpg post from Elfmaids & Octopi:

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    New #dnd / #rpg post from Elfmaids & Octopi:Barking Alien Challenge day15: What to avoid? + Redbrick 6-room Dungeonshttp://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/2026/02/barking-alien-challenge-day15-what-to.html
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    Chris TrottierA
    An interesting question from Europeans: why, when it comes to the 8-bit era, are North Americans entirely focused on the NES? I think this largely depends on who you talk to. Anyone who is 40-years-old or older keenly remembers the C64. We remember Ultima, The Bard’s Tale, California Games—all which were popular. Millions of C64s were sold here. It was the best-selling computer of the 80s. But concurrent to the C64 was the Apple II. And games that were big there were Carmen Sandiego, Oregon Trail, and Prince of Persia. The Wolfenstein franchise also started on the Apple II, and that ended up being a huge deal for the next era of computer games. However, what eclipses all this is that the IBM PC architecture moved the industry toward 16-bit. And as we all know, by the late 80s, that ended up becoming the standard. So while the NES was at its peak, PC gaming moved onto games like King’s Quest, Maniac Mansion, SimCity, and Wing Commander—which was simply a different breed of game compared to what was on the NES. Plus, Nintendo successfully marketed itself as the Disney of video games. Meanwhile, if you were into PC gaming, you were seen as a nerd at best. At worst, PC gaming became a lightning rod for congressional hearings and satanic panic. What changed the mono-focus on Nintendo? SEGA realized that there’s nothing kids hate more than being compared to a baby. So they marketed the Genesis as the edgy platform with attitude, the place where “mature” games go. And this became all the more apparent when Mortal Kombat arrived on both systems. PC gaming only arrived in the zeitgeist when the cultural gatekeepers could no longer ignore it. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t huge. Shareware was often traded on the school playground, and that ended up being the most well-distributed software on the planet. When he worked at Microsoft, Gabe Newell discovered that Doom had better distribution than Windows. Which is why he worked on porting Doom to Windows 95. And this eventually became the impetus for Xbox.
  • So many #ttrpg crowd-funding initiatives launching!

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    CUC
    @Taskerland i have no money right now but also yes more generally
  • New to #dnd 2024 or coming back after a break?

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    Anto | Icarus GamesI
    New to #dnd 2024 or coming back after a break? These Class Cheat Sheets help you learn your class faster and play with confidence.Grab yours on our KS: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/icarusgames/class-cheat-sheets-for-revised-5e?ref=blxifi
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    I’m not so sure about that. But maybe you know more than I do. What are the odds of a full recovery from an infected deltoid muscle at the shoulder joint resulting from bursitis? Right now I don’t have even a quarter the range of motion as John McCain. And given that I’m a handyman this means I can’t work right now even when I’m not in pain.
  • It’s time to get some meow meows

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    It’s time to get some meow meows Goodnight my dear friends
  • New #dnd / #rpg post from Playful Void:

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    New #dnd / #rpg post from Playful Void:Likelihood and room size in AD&Dhttps://idlecartulary.com/2026/02/15/likelihood-and-room-size-in-add/
  • Do you refer to Trump as President?

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    @HamonWry Speaking as an Otherplacian, Trump _is_ the President of the United States of America, and represents them in all ways that currently matter on the world stage.A lot of US citizens do not like this, but that's a state of affairs they need to sort out on their own.
  • Tomato soup and grilled cheese

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    You did it! Now, don’t overdo it!
  • ok i am awake for #monsterdon

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    Cactuar JoeC
    @wohali It's Saturday, friend.
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    Jürgen HubertJ
    Pest control is one of the more hazardous aspects of a knight's career.#Germany #folktale #folklore #dragon https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Lindwurm_at_the_Well
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    Easy Roller has a Valentines Sale running right now with 26% Off with code FEB26Dice, trays, cups, and more.#ad https://easyrollerdice.com/TD20
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    NatyE
    There's a new feature on #BurgeonLab right before CNY! It's the Guestbook page I've been longing to have since I started my blog. 🥳️ https://burgeonlab.com/guestbook/Thanks @zacharykai.net and Zak https://html-chunder.neocities.org/ for being the first to sign it.It'll make me a happy camper if you decide to sign it too! #webdev #smallweb #indieweb #personalblog #personalsite #webdevelopment #blogs #blog
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    We found a bunch more buy one get one half off eligible games! Check up our updated list, sorted by game type and price so you can get the best deal!https://tabletopbellhop.com/tabletop-gaming-deals/half-olf-hobby-games/
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    This is a good summary of how the indie devs of yesterday evolve into the AAA developers of today. Back in the 2000s, the likes of Larian, CD Projekt, and GSC Game World were dismissed as eurojank. No one looked at The Witcher and thought, “This will be the future of gaming.” And funny enough, two years ago, when I mentioned Divine Divinity as one of the most influential games of the 2000s, most self-identified gamers looked at me as if I were smoking crack. Yet here we are, and Divinity is the most anticipated upcoming title in gaming. Looking at a more recent example, 10 years ago, David Szymanski was making cheap walking simulators on Steam. Now a movie adaption of his game Iron Lung is one of the most unexpected hits of 2026. Meanwhile, so many of the AAA studios of the 2000s have been shuttered. Monolith, Human Head, and Volition are all gone. Those that still exist, like Bungie and BioWare, are a shadow of their former selves. The most shocking example of this? Atari. They were gaming in the 70s and 80s. Also, a major publisher in the 2000s. Where are they now? They’re a small company specializing in remakes and indie titles. https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/we-lost-things-such-as-physics-in-games-the-dev-behind-my-most-anticipated-rpg-thinks-players-are-craving-more-interactive-games-not-just-moving-around-in-a-static-3d-environment/